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Subject:Re: What is a SME From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH2 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Fri, 16 Feb 1996 07:53:02 MST
> ... It is
> derived from Spam, the *spreadable* luncheon meat, because you are
> spreading your message all around.
No can of Spam that I've ever opened has been spreadable. At
least not the original stuff; there may be a spreadable version
of it now.
> SMEs are Subject Matter Experts.
I'm sure SME has different meanings in different circles. What
does PC mean? <just an example> My first interpretation of SME
is subject matter expert (it's not capitalized), but several
other expansions have been offered.
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